History Begins at Sumer Quotes

“Si d'aventure, tel se prend à douter de la fraternité des hommes et de l'humanité commune à tous les peuples et à toutes les races, qu'il parcoure leurs adages et leurs préceptes : il se rassurera.”
― Samuel Noah Kramer, La historia empieza en Sumer

“Incredible as it may seem, however, this pinpoint historian, this Toynbee in reverse, has something of unusual interest (an "ace in the hole," as it were) to offer to the general reader. The Sumerologist, more than most other scholars and specialists, is in a position to satisfy man's universal quest for origins — for "firsts" in the history of civilization.”
― Samuel Noah Kramer, History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History

“Une langue implique obligatoirement l'existence d'un groupe culturel, plus ou moins considérable, avec sa mentaliteé.”
― Samuel Noah Kramer, History Begins at Sumer